Did You Know Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Invention of the iPhone Than to the Building of the Great Pyramid?

Alright, here’s a little brain-teaser that often makes people pause and say, ‘Wait, really?!’ You know Cleopatra, right? The last active pharaoh of ancient Egypt, famous for her relationships with Roman leaders like Julius Caesar and Marc Antony? And then there’s the Great Pyramid of Giza, that incredible, ancient structure that just screams ‘old, old, old.’

Well, here’s the kicker: Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone (which came out in 2007, for reference) than she did to the completion of the Great Pyramid!

The Great Pyramid was finished around 2560 BCE (Before Common Era). Cleopatra, on the other hand, was born in 69 BCE. That’s a whopping 2,491 years between the pyramid’s completion and Cleopatra’s birth. Now, from Cleopatra’s birth in 69 BCE to the iPhone’s debut in 2007 CE (Common Era), that’s approximately 2,076 years.

It’s less about her being ‘modern’ and more about how incredibly ancient the pyramids truly are, and how much history unfolded in the thousands of years between their construction and even the ‘ancient’ figures we read about. It just shows you how vast human history is and how our perception of ‘ancient’ can sometimes be a bit compressed!